New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-17
LIVING TRUTH TO DYING MEN
v.p,o1rs WAYS OF PRESENTING IT.


80, p.s.,v,.r,sn Church, Fifty-sevehth-st' near
Rroadway under the direction Oh 'ho 80, ,o-n,r,
tn nos,or the Rev Dr. wilson, yoS'0'u"' ''' 's
- ON the object of holding special Services ,io o"'1
horo IA only for o season, and IN ourselves VIC
"our s'"! % 90 hence Glad tidings Of prepare
he no' ~ .snt The deep truths OF the resurrection
tion rastInc impress with the unspeax apie
NE The purpose Of this meeting then 10 give
~ rs a reasonable hope OF eternal life who Is Willing
10 receive It, .r,,., an Wing In
hsnce "A revival Is the greatest work In when any
one can engage revival is q method OF "orN
,scu,ar to no one denomination. but charac
.,.,o NJ the Church In Gil ages
Tho OF r.vivals out OF the very nature
n, man an Gods dealings with him. During INC srca'
feasts at Jerusalem great periods OF time were spent
.snecial meetings. Business was entirely ialo asiue
and the time was occupied entirely In religious SERVICES
In New Testament times We find the same resort !"
snecial meetings. John the Baptist was IN
evanrel,st Christ himself great reVi'a
preacher ever placing the great issue OF sprlti mo
death before the people After Pcntecos all tnc
became eyangelists The early conquest Oh EuoPe 4"
Christianity was due this revival spirit Aier inc
Dark Ages the Church broke forth INTO nc" hIe III tno
go, revival or Reformation. France PAID Tor her
ras, IN accept the Reformation by bloody revolution
The work In England INSTRUCTED during the reign OF
hIoodv Mary almost died out. The state OF public morals
in England was its lowest ebb when the great revival
lists Wesley and Whitfield began their great careers Tho
Scotch character has been moulded during periods OF
white spiritual heat The Sandwich Islands are one OF
the cOnquess of the revival spirit OF our day seasons
revival have enabled the American people 10 throw on
the debasng moral consequences OF war and TO arise 70
noblcr National life. A., - ..
o e Of "n w CO The pomso Of is
where two three agree touching any one thing ano
ask s Sn be he done MpSa this
he said. do not Interpret IL, pelese ,. ~ ~
rs 1horh 6e was murderer but when he shook
into he lire suffered no harm they ihoneh ne was
them while they had unworthy ideas of his character
the Church must rise and shake the Dper from m ars
preceded earnest believing prayer and work Phlp
evangelist, yet see his remarkable success God has
committed TO not TO angels the message OF recohc-
like standing ia the sunlisht ana praying TOT
light while at the same time he covers his eyes and Will
An OLD TESTAMENT TYPE OF THE SAVIOUR
In the Phillips Presbyterian Church, Madsonave and
Seventh lrdst the Rev. William Chester preached last
evening the second OF OF sermons on Old Tesla
ment types of Christ taking his text the account Of
the upfted serpent in the wilderness and Chriss
application OF the Himself In explaining the rea-
ton of type antique two individual scenes were drawn;
first that of poisoned sraeite dying in his tent and
saved from physical death by look at the upfted SER
pent and second that of the dying thief the cross
saved from spiritual death By look to the upted saw
iour. ..,... .uou.
then developed uner three divsons-the disease, the
and s tn OF e SSs
ss':sS v: sm:sy Saf .sISsS
shown to be an exact type q the cT9ced saviour
yet free itself from all ,ains OF poison and ecac0s
ton The cold lfeless metal OF the serpent was con.
rasted with the sympathy compassion and love Of
the Goldman The ONLY means of apprcpratins the remedy
provided is look OF faith and love look turned from
SELF from the poisoned wounds, from dying companions,
look turned TO the uphfted Saviour
In concluding the speaker showed that the poisoned
Issees who did look TO the serpent not only recovered
from their wounds but shortly aierward crossed the
crucihed saviour only from sinwounds but
also deaths and enter the Heavenly Canaan
OF eternal life.
TRUE MISSIONARY INSPIRATION.
The Rev. Theodore C. Williams, OF the All Souls Uni
tartan Church. preached upon He'll and Missions" say
ing in substance:
what is the secret Of the expanding character of the
Gospel IL has been left for the philosophers of the
American Board of Foreign Missions TO offer eIplana
ton They have asserted that the propagation OF Lner
religion has been due TO lis doctrine of heltfe They
known Christ-tlat is, all but small fraction of the
human race hitherto cTcated-are TO suffer eternal
and that thus religion can never win the world My
jccr tnis morning the assertion In when oIthodof ana
anity ceases b. missionary faith deny that asser-
ton expect convince that the doctrine of eter-
the contrary. an impeachment to them.
III is evident that the expansive power .,, Of
which is peculiar to Christianity. But the idea OF hell is
widely difused among the religions OF mankind, ana
and vigorous idea Old Egypt had her heaven and hell
future punishment but doubt the white ROBBED priests
Of the Ne the Ganges ever offered one prayer Tor tne
look at the two missionary faiths which have hitherto
divided the void with Chrisliainty, r LOOK
from Mecca TO CoOva Was II the desire 10 secure the
inhdel from eternal woe Not at all But 10 proclaim
Of Buddhism converted 800 100000 of human beings to
their creed They said the heather as mass are
going down to eternal ruin" But they preached far
more radically AMI unequiyOcslly than some Christian
teachers that character Is salvation They warned
Wrsfh mse and hypocrisy They preached he brother
hood OF and the law of kindness TO every living
at asserted that Christianity in the past has in fact
owed its missionary activity 10 the belief that the heather
damned II this were true the missionary enterprise
the Church ought to have been uninterrupted from the
bow is it about the missions OF modern times If the doc
trne of damnaton is tue nerve OF missionary zeal
e0uaed Rome in the aidor OF propagandism. But the
that the propaganda spirit of Professionalism Is
seven foreign missionary societies To-day there are
seventy such societies with income Of many millions.
and the Episcopal Church alone EDglsh and Amercan)
has more than lbs bishops and 5000 clergy in the
midst Of heah'niom Need say that this growth has
mautarian spirit with the s0ftening Of the dannatory
creedi And OF what sort are the consecrated aud
women VINO do these things do not ask what is the
printed creed their churches. but what does the
modern missionary teach preach and believe The mis-,
sionaries whom have known have been largehearted
messengers OF the love Of God. teaching the pure and
simple truths Of Jesus going rather TO the Gospel than u
he episte their converting word How refreshing
70 turn the ceedbound consistency OF these theology
Ike David Iayinssone. Poor sne writes Of dead
heather. Ny heart beeds for thee. But know thou wilt
receive DO Injustice where thou art gone Shall not the
Judge OF all the earth do right leave thee TO Him
The Impulse OF Nue missionary is really not hing
narrower than the inspiration OF the hero and lover oil
bis race faith In God as the Father and burning pity for
lhe wrongs and suferngs OF have no fear that
his species OF conservation depends upon those forms OF
.ruel and irrational creed which dissolvng In
light There will always be these, successors OF the
Crusaders and the Chevalers the I'M aginatve and ad
yenurous among Christian souls and there will be more
In the future than in the past"
SERVICE OF THE HEBREW PROPHETS